Shooting and magazine barrel for air rifles



Feb. 24, 1931. c. F. LE FEVER 1,793,625

SHOOTING AND MAGAZINE BARREL FOR AIR RIFLES Filed Oct. 14, 1929 INVENTOR ATTORN EYS Patented Feb. 24, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHARLES r. LE rEvRR, or rmnvrou'rrr, MICHIGAN, AssIGNoRiro DAISY MANUFAC- TUBING COMPANY, or PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN,'A CORPORATION oF-MrcH'IGAN srroorme AND mAeAzmE BARREL roR Am' ms l Application filed 'October 14, 1929. Serial 110. 399,633.

The invention relates to air rifles of that type in which the shooting barrel is removably inserted within the false barrel of'the gun and is also provided with an adjacent 'magazine barrel from which the shots are successively fed into position for firing.

With such constructions it is essential that the firing barrel should be perfectly straight and true and should have a lateral aperture It is the object of the present invention to obtain a construction of combinedmagazine and shooting barrel Which'permits first of quickly removing and replacing a shooting barrel that is not true and second, of insuring that the feed aperture in the shooting barrel is inexact registration with the magazine barrel. 'With these objects in view the mvention consists in the construction as here- 7 inafter set forth;

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through the false barrel showing a shooting barrel and magazine unit in engagement therewith;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the unit removed;

Figure 3 is a cross section on line 33' of Figure 1;

Figure 4c is a similar cross section showlng the parts in a different position of ad ustment, and

Figure 5 is a cross section on line 5-5 of Figure 1.

As illustratechAis the false barrel of the gun, B is the removable shooting barrel unlt which is provided with a cap member C for 'fitting into the forward end of the false bar- ,rel and a plug D for engagement wlth the piston abutment E within the false barrel. Intermediate the cap 0 and plug D 1s a member F formed up from sheet metal and which constitutes the magazine barrel and a support or re-enforcementfor theshooting" barrel G. The member F is formed with a segment F which is concentric with the axis of the. shooting barrel G and is of a diameter to receivesaid barrel telescopically. At opposite-ends of this portion are extensions F? and F for engaging the cap C and plug' D.

Thus the shooting barrel G may beinserted through. one end and telescoped with the member F to extend the entire length thereof. v In addition to the segment F themember F :is provided Witlra segirient'F which is about a parallel axis external to the shooting barrel and 'Which therefore forms a magazine for holding theshot'. This magazine contains a follower H which is actuated by a springl to press the series of shotwithijn the magazine toward the plug end of the bar'- [rel Where they aresuccessivelyfed to the shooting barrel through a lateralaperture G therein. The follower is provided with 'a'projecting ear H' which extends through the slot between'the segment F and the segment F 'so as tobe operable for retracting the said followerfto permit of loading the magazine. This loading is effected-through an aperture'J'in the segment F and a notch j Kin the segment serves for engagement with the ear H to hold the latter in retracted position, these 'parts'being of usualconstructlOIL'. I I

With the construction as, 5 thus l far described it is evident that the shooting barrel may be inserted within the member F during the original assembly of the unitand if subsequently it is found that this shooting barrel is not true it can'be removed and replaced by another barrel. It is, however, necessary that the aperture G intheshooting barrel should exactly register with the magazine as otherwise the feeding of the, shot from the magazine to the barrel would not be possible.

' This where the aperture is made in the shooting barrel before assembly involves care in assembly and in holding the barrel in exact position while it is being rigidlyattached by solder or otherwise' Thus as. has been previously-stated there is considerable loss in commercial manufacture through'failure 

